Carriage



A. K. MEINECKE AND A. WILD. CARRIAGE.

APPLICATION FILED DEC. I, 1917.

1,347, 5 1 7 Patented July 27, 1920,

diff/0196638,

UNITED STATES PA VENT OFFICE.

ADoLP K. MEINECKE AND ALFRED WILD, or MILWAUKEE, WISCONSIN, 'AssIGNoRs TO MEINEGKE MFG. 00., or MIL CONSIN.

county ofMilwaukee and State of VVisconQ sin,'have invented new and useful Improvements in Carriages, of which the following is a description, reference being had to consists of the larged scale,

the accompanying drawings, which area part of this specification.

Our invention-has relation to improvements in baby carriages or vehicles.

The primary object of the invention is to provide an improved construction adapted to form the side panels, and the front and rear panels of the body. and also, where the carriage is equipped with a canopy, to form the side panels, and the top and back panels of said canopy, the construction and arrangement being such that the said panels may be constructed of an inexpensive material, such as veneer sheets capable of being previously woven on an ordinary loom.

WVith the above primary object, and other incidental objects, in view, the invention devices and parts, or the equivalents thereof, as hereinafter more fully set forth. In the accompanying drawing: I Figure 1 is a perspective-view of a baby carriage embodying our invention; Fig. 2 is a cross-sectional View, on an en- 1, and looking in the direction of the arrows; and 1 Fig. 3 is a perspective view of the canopy. Referring to the drawings, the numeral 4 indicates the wheels, 5 the ordinary spring supporting frame, and 6 the-handle of the baby carriage.

The body of the carriage, comprlsing the side panels and the front and rear panels, isof peculiar and novel construction, and will now be described.

These panels consist of a woven fabric, the warp strands thereofconsisting of sheets or strips 7 of inexpensive material, preferably veneer sheets, and the woof strands 8 consisting of light. inexpensive material such as twisted paper cords, preferably of circular form in cross section. This woven .material 1s shaped and vcut to suit the particular design or style adopted for the body of the "carriage. The edges of the different panels are then. inserted into metallic U- Specification of lLetters Patent. Application filed December 1, 1917.

taken on the line 22 of F ig.

vide a bolt 14: v

' shaped channel, and the round portion'offithe bolt is upset against U-shaped channel.

The said holes are so disposed that the flat AUKEE, WISCONSIN, A CORPORATION or WIS- CARRIAGE.

Patented July 27, 1920. Serial No. 204,814.

shaped channels 9 firmly, clenched to the woven fabric by bending the flanges of the U-shaped channels toward each other. The

U-shaped channels, therefore, not only form part of the frames, but also actually clench and hold the woveumaterial tight like a drum. Screws are turned through the lower U-shaped channels and. enter the edges of the wooden bottom of the carriage, whereby the necessity of employing upright wooden frames is avoided.

Frequently, it is top'edges of the panels with an ornamental border. The U-shaped channels 9 form a convenient means for attaching such ornamental border, and for this purpose the tops of the U-shaped channels are provided with openings 11. Through these openings are inserted U-sh'aped devices 12, the legs of said -U-shaped devices being originally straight. 'After insertion through the openings, however, the legs of the devices 12 are curved outwardly into almost a complete circle, as most clearly shown in Fig. 2. These ornamental borders are usuall desirable-to provide the I cords in our invention are first passed in front of' one-leg of a U-shaped device, and

thence back of the neat leg of said device, and so on throughout, so as to finally pro duce the ornamental border most clearly shown in Fig. 2. I

, At the corner where the U-shaped channels of the side panels meet andabut the U-shapedchannels of the end panels, it is desirable to preserve-the rigidity of the structure in order that the saidabutting channels be held together and prevented from separating. For this purpose, I pro- (see particularly Fig. 2) the inner end thereofbeing provided with that face 15. The round portion of the bolt is passed through the openingsin the side U; outer end of said the outer flange of the plate 15 will lie against the inner flange of the upright portion of the U-shaped channel of theefront panel in position to receive .therethrough a screw'or rivet 10. It will,

therefore, be seen that by this arrangement the .end panels are-securely held together Without danger of separation or spreading.

If desired, braces or stiffening rods, such as 16, ma be employed, preferably located on the inside of the body adjacent to the side panels. The opposite ends of these brace rods'are connected, respectively, to the upper and lower U-shapcd channels and the side'panels. e

Baby carriages are ordinarily. equipped with a pivoted conopy, shaped correspondmanner as the body portion of the carriage,

6., of woven material consisting of longitudinal warp strands, preferably of inexpensive material, such as veneer strips and transverse woof lengths, of light inexpensive matcrial such as twisted paper cord. The sides and top of the -canopy, itwill be observed, are constructed from one piece of this woven material, bent and shaped to form said sides .and top; The rear'endpanel, however, is

formed of asep'arate piece of this woven material The edges ofthe sides and top of. the canopy, and also the edges of the rear.

panel of the canopy, are equipped with U- shaped channel's, similar to the channels for the side panels and endpane ls of the body of the carriage,yand-the forward edges of the sides and top of the'canopy are also preferably provided with an ornamental border composed of longitudinal strands, prefer-, ably of twisted paper cord, and woven about outstanding U-shaped devices, similar to the border provided for the bodyof the carriage.

The woof and warp strands, the U-shaped channels, the screws, the ornamental border,

v andthe U-shaped holding devices for said border employed in connection with the canopy, are designated by the same reference numerals employed to designate the similar parts in the body of the carriage.

From the foregoing description of our invention, it will be seen that it embraces the use of inexpensive strips, such as veneer sheets, to form the warp strands, and inex pensive rods, such as twisted paper cord to form the woof strands.

' In many forms of woven baby carriage bodies, as heretofore constructed, the side panels and end panels of the body have been made in one piece of woven material carried around corner posts so as to form the sides andends. It is obvious that, if it were. at-

' tempted to similarly form the body and em- 60' ploy, in the construction of the weaving, veneer sheets or strips, the latter would break and crack 1n being carried around 'such corner posts, and would not, therefore,

be practical therefor. In view of this, under the old arrangement referred to, it has been" can be employed.

carrying of the stripsaround corner posts is not necessary, and hence inexpensive strips Furthermore, attention is called to'the fact that under the old method referred to, the weaving had to be accomplished by hand, whereas under our invention the weaving can be accomplished by a loom, and thus a great saving of time in manufacturing is effected.

Baby carriages have also heretofore been constructed in which the side panels and end .panels of the'body'are composed of a material woven by a loom, yet i n these constructions, so far as we are aware, it has been the invariable practice to attach the woven material to 'wooden frames, the material being nailed to said frames. v

Also, heretofore, baby carriages have been constructed wherein the sides and ends of the body are composed of wooden panels, the edges thereof being received in U-shaped channels, but in this construction the channels in no sense formed a part of the frames, but merely constituted an edge finish. The U-shaped metallic frame iI LQHT'QdTlStILlCtiOIl, however, not only constitutes a portion of the frame, but furthermore actually clenches the woven materiahand thereby holdssaid material tight like a drum, and hence performs an entirely different function from a U-shaped channel which engaged with wooden panels.

Where the expression. body portion is employed in any of. the claims which follow, it is to be. understood'that such expression is meant to include either the body portion of the carriage, or the. canopy, or both.

Also, while the specification sets forth and describes the invention as'adapted for baby. carriages, yet it is to be understood that it is not the intention to limit the application of be applicable and in connectionwith which I the invention may be useful.

WVhat we claim as our invention is:

1. A body for carriages or the like' comprising panels composed ofza woven fabric, top and bottom channel iron members U- shape in cross section and securing therein the woof' strands of the fabric and side channel iron members'U-shape in cross sec tion and securing therein the woof strands of the fabric, a border device carried by said channel iron members, a-ndmeans, engaging the channel iron members for securing the panels together. I

2. A carriage or vehicle having the portion thereof which'is above the lower ninning-gear portion, composed of a woven fabiaq provided with members receiving therebe-' tween the edges of the woven fabric.

. 3. A carriage or vehicle having the portion thereof which is above the running-gear portion, composed of a Woven fabric, a device provided with members receiving therebetween the edges of the woven material,

' legs projecting from said device, and a border com-prising flexible lengths passed alter nately on opposite sides ofrthe legs.

l. A carriage or vehicle having the portion thereof which is above the running-gear portion, composed of woven fabric, U-shaped frames the side members thereof receiving therebetween the edges of the woven fabric,

the top or base of said U-shaped frames provided witha series of openings, a U-shaped device having the legs thereof passing through said-"openings and bent outwardly, I and a border comprising flexible lengths passed alternately on opposite sides of the legs.

5. A carriage or vehicle having the body portion .proper thereof composed of side panels and end panels, each panel composed of a woven "fabric, U-shaped frames for receiving the edges of the woven material of each panel, securing devices passing through the flanges of the U-shaped frames, a bolt passing through theflanges of the U-shaped frame of one panel, and having its inner end in the form of a plate resting against the innerflange 0f the adjacent corner U- shaped" frame, and-receiving there'through one of the securing devices.

In testimony whereof We affix our signatures Y ADOLPH K, MEINECKEM ALFRED WILD. 

